To Be Sixteen (French: Avoir 16 ans) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Jean Pierre Lefebvre and released in 1979.
[1] The film stars Yves Benoît as Louis, a 16-year-old high school student who is sent to a mental institution by his father (Aubert Pallascio) to punish him for his rebelliousness, and is under the care of a psychiatrist (Gilles Renaud).
[2] The film's cast also includes Marthe Choquette, Michèle Magny, Éric Beauséjour, Frédérique Collin, Pierre Curzi, Lise L'Heureux and Jean Marchand.
[2] The film premiered in the Directors Fortnight stream at the 1979 Cannes Film Festival,[3] and was later screened in the Critics Choice program at the 1979 Festival of Festivals.
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